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(CNN Spanish) - The Acting Assistant Secretary of State of the United States For the Western Hemisphere, Michael Kozak, and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, announced on Friday the opportunity of thousands of work visas for Guatemalans in US agricultural production.
During a press conference they revealed that the total number of jobs will be set according to the vacancies available to companies in the United States, which will be contacted by the Guatemalan government through the mediation of the US embassy. in the Central American country.
Giammattei said that "there are going to be a few thousand (visas), which will depend on the possibility of making contacts in the United States with serious companies." He added that this is the first result of the Migration Agreement, which in the coming months will include other investment measures that generate jobs within Guatemala to counteract undocumented migration.
- These were the words of President Giammattei:
https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/giammattei-guatemala.mp4
In addition, the president reported that the issue of asylum cooperation, pending from the previous government, was not addressed at this meeting.
For his part, Kozak said that together with the president of Guatemala they "entered into force an agreement on H2A visas that brings benefits for temporary agricultural workers who go from Guatemala to the United States."
- Look here what Kozak said.
https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/kozak-guatemala.mp4
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